What is a canary deployment?

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What is a canary deployment?

  • the switchover of selected users to a new release deployment
  • a production test using a chaos tool to inject random failures with a limited blast-radius
  • a server-by-server switchover to a new release deployment
  • the use of two identical servers with load balancers to redirect traffic for an entire server as needed

Explanation: A canary deployment occurs when a project is deployed to a small fraction of users in order to reduce risk and improve the quality of feedback.

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